2011/3/13 Venkatesha Murthy <[email protected]>

> Pardon the English but I don't happen to have a kannada keymap handy right
> now.
>
> > "free encyclopedia" ಎಂಬ ಪದದಲ್ಲಿ "free" ಎನ್ನುವುದು 'ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ
> 'ಎಂಬರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ
> > ಬಳಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ 'ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ' ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಸೂಕ್ತ.
>
> Not quite right.
>
> Free is not the correct English word to start with; it must have been
> "Open". Actually it must have been Free (no cost to you) and Open
> (anyone can add content);  just Free doesn't cut it.
>
> That said,  'svataMtra' is inappropriate
>
> svataMtra has these connotations: capable of making  ones own choices
> and decisions, and providing ones own means; not answerable to anyone.
> svataMtra really means "Independent", not Free.
>
> A svataMtra viSvakOSa is not necessarily Free or Open.
>
> mukta is not perfect; it means "unfettered"  and in that sense  it
> acquires sonme connotations of Open (as in mukta dvAra, mukta
> vAtAvaraNa). But it's certainly less inward looking than svataMtra.
>
> I vote to change the svataMtra back to mukta.
>

This should shed more light on the "free as in freedom" part.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content

Quote:

> It is distinct from open content in that it can be modified, whereas one
> might not have that ability with content that is simply "open" and not
> "free".
>

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